USA: North Carolina Deaths

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Ada Gillespie obit Aug 14, 1979, died age 90 Buncombe Co, North Carolina (Ashfield Citizen Times)

A Jackson Gillespie died Sept 8,1919 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Alfred Claude Gillespie death Sept 7,1959 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Alice Webb Gillespie obit June 6,1981 age 53, Buncombe Co, North Carolina

Allen Lonnie Gillespie obit May 1, 1979, died age 66 Hot Springs, North Carolina

Alva Elizabeth F Gillespie obit Sept 5, 2004 died age 92, Transylvania, North Carolina

Alvin Bruce Gillespie obit Nov 6, 1994 age 82, Transylvania, North Carolina

Amy Nichole Gillespie obit Jan 18, 1982 Buncombe Co, North Carolina

Anna Miller Gillespie death Feb 12, 1958 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Ann Lee Gillespie death January 8, 2016 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Annie Jordan Gillespie obit May 4, 1988 age 93, Transylvania, North Carolina

Annie N Gillespie death Jan 6, 1960 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Arthur William Gillespie obit July 25, 1995 age 86 North Carolina

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Banner Rogers Gillespie death Dec 4,1963 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Barbara Ann Gillespie death June 8, 2018 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Benjamin Gillespie obit Feb 16, 1995 age 79, North Carolina

Bertha Gillespie death Dec 31, 1964 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Bobbie Frank Gillespie death July 3, 2012 (male) Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Bobbie Lee Gillespie obit April 2, 1979 age 29, Buncombe, North Carolina

Bonnie Blanche Gillespie death Sept 2, 1985 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Bonnie Embler Gillespie obit Feb 7, 1986 age 74, Buncombe Co, North Carolina

Boyce Gillespie obit Jan 2, 2006 North Carolina

Brenda Gillespie death Feb 13, 1989 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Burdett Gillespie death Jan 16, 1986 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Burgin Gillespie obit Dec 15, 1992 age 87 Buncombe Co, North Carolina

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Carl W Gillespie obit May 10, 1999 North Carolina

Carrie Frisbie Gillespie obit Feb 19,1994 Buncombe Co, North Carolina

Carrie Mae Gillespie  June 11, 2001 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Cassandra D Gillespie death Feb 14, 2012 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

C F Gillespie obit Oct 1, 1987 age 46, Yancy Co, North Carolina

Charles Boyd Gillespie, Sr, obit Jan 8, 1987 age 78 Yancy Co, North Carolina

Charles Henry Gillespie death March 10, 1995 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Charles Henry Gillespie death April 14, 2010 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Charles Herbert Gillespie obit Nov 17, 1986 age 73, Buncombe Co, North Carolina

Charles L Gillespie, Jr obit Sept 16, 1980 Annapolis, Maryland, former Smithfield resident, s/o Sue Bailey of Annapolis, Burial Sunset Memorial Park, West Smithfield, NC. Johnson County.

Charlie Gillespie obit Oct 17, 1983 age 73 North Carolina

Charlie Lee Gillespie obit March 26, 1992 age 84 Transylvania, North Carolina

Christopher Columbus Gillespie death Oct 22, 1996 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Rev C L Gillespie obituary May 18, 1945 Smithfield, NC  Pastor of First Baptist Church for 10 years. Burial Sunset Memorial Park, Johnson County

Clara Mae Gallant Gillespie death Jan 15, 1990 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Clarence Lavard Gillespie death Dec 29, 2011 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Cleveland O Gillespie death August 2, 1997 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Clifford Guy Gillespie death Nov 14, 2014 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Clifford Lyons Gillespie obit Sept 12, 1992 age 79 Rosman, North Carolina

Coit Richard Gillespie death Feb 9, 2000 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Columbus Orr Gillespie death May 8, 2003 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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David Leon Gillespie, Jr death Feb 17, 1975 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Debra Sue Gillespie obit April 27, 2018 Fayetteville, NC. Daughter of the late Flynn and Dorothy Lee. Wife of James Stewart. Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

Delores Gillespie death August 11, 1929 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Demetrice Shakeal Gillespie death Jan 1, 2019 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Derwin Algetta Gillespie death Feb 3, 2019 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Diana Doughtery Gillespie death Feb 15, 2012 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Dolly Blanch Gillespie death Oct 20, 1918 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Donna Hanson Gillespie death July 14, 1989 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Doris Elizabeth Parker Gillespie death Jan 9, 2003 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Dorothy LeGrande C Gillespie death Sept 17, 1994 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Edward E Gillespie death July 8, 2003  Born March 23, 1919 in MO to the late Henry & Lucinda Tensymere Gillespie. Husband of Tressie Jane Lowe Gillespie, burial Devotional Gardens, Dunn, North Carolina

Mr. Edward Gillespie Elizabethtown, North Carolina ObituaryEdward Gillespie died December 13, 2022, Elizabeth, North Carolina. Visitation and funeral was at St. Luke AME Zion Church in Bladenboro, NC . Internment at Brooklyn Memorial Gardens in Bladenboro, NC

 

 

Elizabeth Anderson Gillespie death Nov 3, 2014 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Elizabeth R Gillespie death Aug 22, 2019 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Emily Louise Gillespie death June 10, 1971 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Emma Work Gillespie death June 22, 1992 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Eula Mae James Gillespie death Sept 18, 1954 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Evelyn Loretta Gillespie death June 23, Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Flora Gillespie, birth Aug. 22, 1889. Death June 17, 1976. Death occurred in North Carolina. Burial Blue Ridge Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Pisgah Forest, Transylvania County, North Carolina, United States of America.

Frances Gillespie death Feb 5, 1931  Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Frances Adams McKee Gillespie death May 29, 1986 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Franklin Emmanuel Gillespie death Nov 11,2005 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Fred Ira Gillespie death May 1, 1993 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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George Graham Gillespie III death July 19,1998 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

George Peuchen Gillespie death July 27, 2015 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Gwendolyn Chapman Gillespie death Aug 2, 2015 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Glenda Faye Barefoot Gillespie death at residence  Aug 12, 2010 Born Sept 30, 1951 Harnett Co to the late Milton & Naomi Smith Barefoot.  Wife to Roger Miles Gillespie. Greenwood Cemetery, City of Dunn, North Carolina

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Harold Thomas Gillespie death July 3, 2013 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Harry A Gillespie death July 25, 1967 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Harry Stephen Gillespie death July 7, 1987 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Hazeline Gillespie death May 31, 1991 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Helena Gillespie death Nov 16, 1984 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Infant Gillespie death Oct 17, 1918 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Infant Gillespie death Sept 3, 1925 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Infant Gillespie death Jan 11, 1929 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Ione Perkins Gillespie death Jan 5, 1982 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Jack Gillespie death Nov 2, 1943 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Jacob Wort Gillespie death Oct 10, 1939 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

James Alonzo Gillespie death Feb 28, 1931 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

James C Gillespie death May 31, 1944 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

August 26, 1932 – May 28, 2019 James Frank Gillespie, 86, died peacefully surrounded by his wife of 44 years Joan, family, and friends on May 28, 2019. Jim was born on August 26, 1932 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He grew up in Hallock, Minnesota. After attending Hallock High School where he excelled at basketball, Jim went to Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, majoring in accounting while working for Bishop’s downtown Cafeteria. He was married to Margaret Renner for 17 years, divorcing in 1973. He married Joan Easterly in 1974. He spent 33 years as comptroller of HR Green Engineering in Cedar Rapids, served on the Board of Directors of the Light Company Employees Credit Union for 5 years, then worked for the Rochester (Minnesota) American Red Cross part-time in semi-retirement. He was a committed Christian man who loved God, family, and friends, cribbage, walleye fishing, sports (especially Minnesota Twins baseball and Minnesota Vikings football) and prime rib. Jim was preceded in death by his parents Alice Thompson and Harold Gillespie, sister Pat Leer, and two step daughters, Leslie Rooney and Rebecca Shaw. He is survived by his brother Ed Gillespie (Judy), daughters Carol Holly (Tim) and Barb Eulberg (Greg), son Dave Gillespie (Donna), step daughter Lisa Trefz (Jim), and step sons-in-law Mike Rooney and Ed Shaw (Claire), 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. The family wishes to thank caregivers Tarshia and Letisa Woodberry, Frieda Graham, Evette Gwyn, Russ Newland, Crystal Ruiz, as well as Constance Creasman and the staff of Salemtowne, Dr. Franklin Watkins and Casey Johanson of Wake Forest Baptist Health Geriatrics, Griswold Home Care and Trellis Supportive Care. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 11:00 am at Salem Funeral Home, 2951 Reynolda Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27106. Chaplain Linda Browne will be officiating. Published Winston-Salem Journal

James Lee Gillespie death July 31, 1995 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

James Madison Gillespie death March 8, 1941 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Joe Chester Gillespie death Dec 20, 1983 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

John Joseph (Jack) Gillespie, age 98, of Winston-Salem passed away at his home on Thursday, February 13, 2020. He was born November 1, 1921 in Girardville, PA to the late Lawrence and Sylvania Meredith Gillespie. He graduated from St. Michael’s High School in Girardville before joining the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). He worked several years in the CCC helping to construct Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park and then in Glacier National Park. He returned to Pennsylvania to work in Pittsburgh before joining the Army Air Corps in WW Il.  After graduating from radar maintenance school, he was stationed on Attu in the Aleutian Islands for the remainder of the war. After the war he was a contract worker for an electrical engineering firm in Bayonne, NJ when he met the love of his life, Betty Schirmer, whom he married on Valentine’s Day in 1948. After working in New Jersey and Pennsylvania he came south to Winston-Salem, NC in 1950 to work as a technical writer for Western Electric. He attended St. Leo Catholic Church before becoming a founding charter member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church. After his retirement from Western Electric he spent his time traveling with his wife, tending his garden, fishing, and growing grapes and making wine. He was one of the original founders of Germanton Winery. He was the last surviving member of his family. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife Elizabeth in 2016, 6 brothers, and a beloved grandson, Sean Gillespie. He is survived by his 9 children, Thomas Gillespie, Winston-Salem; Patricia (Larry) Sarvis, Winston-Salem; Susan (Michael) Tuttle. Belmont, NC; Paul (Jenelle) Gillespie, Ventura, CA; Gregory Gillespie, Winston-Salem; Teresa (Myron) James, Lexington, NC; Catherine (Timothy) Atkins, Madison, NC; Andrew Gillespie, Winston-Salem; and Frederick Gillespie, Spruce Pine, NC; his grandchildren, Michelle (Tim) Goelzer, Fort Mill, SC; Bradley (Krissy) Tuttle, Indianapolis, IN; Nichole Gillespie, Ventura, CA.; Benjamin James, Winston-Salem, NC; Deidre James, Winston-Salem, NC; Allison (Bryan) Petschul, Eden, NC; Brandon Atkins, Madison, NC; and 3 great-grandchildren, Rachel and Landon Goelzer and A graveside service will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, February 17, 2020 at Parklawn Memorial Park
(Winston/Salem Journal)

John Keating Gillespie death May 14, 1999 (Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Joseph Grier Gillespie death Nov 29, 1937 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Joseph William Gillespie death March 24, 1928 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Joseph William Gillespie death Nov 27, 1970 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Julia Gillespie death Oct 11, 1945 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Julia Bell Gillespie death July 31, 1992 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Julia Mae Rouse Gillespie death April 22, 1956 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Julia Shields Gillespie death April 19, 2007 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Kathryn Seither Gillespie death May 9, 1998 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Kevin Gary Gillespie, Brevard, North Carolina. April 28, 1970 – December 19, 2022, died suddenly. He was preceded in death by his father, Gary Gillespie, his step father, Dennis Taylor, grandparents Gordon and Mable Burgess, who he loved very much; and his parents in law Norman and Patty Saltz.  He is survived by his wife Tammy Saltz Gillespie; his mother Carol Taylor; daughters Riley Harding (Andrew) and Whitney Gillespie (Kyle); a brother Josh Gillespie; a step sister Monica Taylor Howard; three grandchildren Nyla Hoskyns, Micah Hoskyns and Grant Harding; and his loving aunt and uncle Nancy and Charles Briggs. He was employed for many years with Petit’s Body Shop of Brevard and thought of Roger Petit as a father who taught him much about auto body work. He had many friends.

A service was held on December 27th, 2022 at 6 pm at Moody-Connolly Funeral Home Chapel.

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Leo Darby Gillespie death Nov 25, 1954 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Lonnie Gillespie death May 19, 2004 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Lucille Gillespie death May 14, 1993 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Lucy Cook Gillespie death June 6, 1983 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Lulu S Gillespie death Oct 4, 1977 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Luther Gillespie death Nov 2, 1943 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Marianne Elizabeth Gillespie death Dec 3, 1917 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Marie Chaplin Gillespie death May 8, 1992 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Mark Gillespie death Nov 5, 1956 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Mary Gillespie death May 22, 2006 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Mary Carrigan Gillespie death Oct 12, 1973 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Mary Elizabeth Gillespie death May 10, 1972 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Mary Gross Gillespie death Jan 18, 2004 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Mattie Gillespie death Sept 26, 1933 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Maxwell James Gillespie death Jan 9, 1993 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Michael Dan Gillespie death June 21, 1977 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Morris G Gillespie death April 3, 1995 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Nancy F Gillespie death Jan 6, 2003 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Nancy Sue Gillespie death May 4, 2015 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Nelle McCraven Gillespie death May 25, 1992 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Nickie La-Shane Gillespie death Nov 14, 1979 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Oscar Gillespie death Dec 21, 1960 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Patricia Ann Rhyne Gillespie death Jan 30, 1993 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Pearl Orr Gillespie death Feb 10, 1995 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Peggy Chapman Gillespie death Nov 10, 1997 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Penny Elizabeth Lloyd Gillespie death Oct 19, 2012 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Randi Jean Gillespie death Sept 22, 2004 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Raymond Gillespie death March 12, 1958 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Rees Bowen Gillespie death Jan 9, 2006 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Richard David Gillespie death June 16, 2011 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Richard Keith Gillespie death July 18, 2016 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Roam Gillespie death May 27, 1920 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Robert Frank Gillespie death Aug 25, 2004 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Robert Lee Gillespie death April 7, 1985 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Roger Miles Gillespie birth Oct 24, 1949. Death Oct 29, 2013 Johnson Memorial Hospital. Born in Wheeling, West Virginia to the late Rev Edward Ernest & Tressie Jane Lowe Gillespie. Widower of Faye Barefoot Gillespie. Greenwood Cemetery, City of Dunn, Johnson Co, North Carolina

Rosie Bell Gillespie death Oct 9, 1996 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Ruth Othelia Gillespie death Oct 20, 1989 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Ruth Wooten Gillespie death Sept 20, 1994 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Sandra Glynn Gillespie death  Nov 1, 1973 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Sarah Catherine Gillespie death Nov 10, 1933 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Stanley Gillespie death Dec 6, 1983 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Stephen Anthony Gillespie death Nov 1, 2016 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Terry Lee Gillespie death Nov 29, 1971 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Theralen Mack Gillespie death Dec 18, 1978 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Thomas H Gillespie death Sept 23, 1921 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Thomas Leroy Gillespie death Jan 27, 1945 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Tressie Lowe Gillespie died Aug 12, 2006 Benson. Born July 17, 1916 Charleston, to the late Everett & Bidde Canterbury Lowe. Harnett Devotional Gardens, Dunn, Johnson Co, North Carolina

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Venice Rogers Gillespie death Oct 23, 2009 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

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Walter E Gillespie death April 10, 2012 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Wanda Lynn Gillespie death Nov 1, 1973 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Westcoe Gillespie death July 29, 2011  Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Westcoe L Gillespie death July 30, 2005 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Will Gillespie death Nov 19, 1942  Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Willette Gillespie death May 22, 1981 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

William Gillespie death Dec 18, 1997 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

William Gillespie death Oct 18, 2008 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

William B Gillespie death June 24, 1974 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

William G Gillespie death March 20, 1916 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

William Gregory Gillespie death Nov 5, 1994 Mecklenburg Co, North Carolina

Willie Mae Gillespie Kannapolis, North Carolina ObituaryWillie Mae Barnette  Gillespie, Kannapolis, North Carolina. August 13, 1931 – December 19, 2022. 91 years old,  was born in Coweta County, Georgia to the late James and Jeroline Gaddy Barnette.

Willie worked for Cannon Mills in their weaving department for 39 + years, prior to retiring.  Willie was a simple Christian woman who was always willing to do anything for anyone.  She loved to cook and eat.  She was a longtime member of Landis Baptist Church.

Willie was predeceased by her beloved husband, William “Bill” Gillespie, Sr in 2012.  Those left to cherish her memory are her sons, Donnie Reid Gillespie and his wife Donna, and William “Bob” Gillespie; her brother, Lee James Barnette, and his wife Carol; her grandchildren, Brooks Murphy, and Nicholas Gillespie; her great grandchildren, Travis Murphy, and her two great great grandchildren. The family received friends on Friday, December 23, 2022, from 11am to 12pm at Whitley’s Funeral Home, with a funeral service at 12pm in the Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel.  Interment  in Carolina Memorial Park.


Record Count: 162

Source of Records: Mormon website: Find A Grave Index; online obituariunty Heritage Centre The Smithfield Herales; Johnson Cod; Mecklenburg Death Index. Tribute Archives

 

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